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In every area of practice, WilmerHale brings the insight, dedication to excellence, and commitment to client service needed for our clients to achieve their business objectives. Our five-department structure and team approach to service enable us to provide the highest level of responsiveness and access to lawyers with the most appropriate experience.

Helping companies assess the issues, prepare for potential outcomes and identify actions to take in order to protect their interests in the wake of the UK's decision to leave the European Union.

The departure of the UK from the EU will have major consequences for many businesses and industry sectors. It is likely to remain at the top of many board room agendas as the UK and the remaining EU Member States clarify how the UK should withdraw and what the future relationship will be. As this process unfolds, we can help businesses adapt to the changing landscape and the risks and opportunities that may emerge. Our lawyers are ready to advise clients on all legal aspects related to Brexit, in particular on competition law, state aid, market access, energy, data protection, intellectual property and trade matters.

Lawyers in our Brexit Group bring more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of EU regulatory law. The team includes Claus-Dieter Ehlermann, the former Director-General of the European Commission's Legal Service and Director-General for Competition and a former member of the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body, and partners in Brussels, London, Frankfurt, Berlin and Washington DC.

If you would like assistance on these issues, contact a member of the Brexit Group indicated below.

Publications & News

The object of this Alert is to highlight some practical implications of Brexit for the supply of pharmaceutical products and medical devices in the European Union (EU) and related action items which companies should be considering if they have not done so before.

The Brexit negotiations started yesterday. After months of speculation as to what will be their focus, it may be useful to recall the European Union's opening position and the United Kingdom's opening position.

A future Brexit is likely to have significant potential impact on the monitoring and control of subsidies or other forms of aid granted by the UK and/or the remaining EU-27 to individual companies or entire sectors of industry, or to promote specific policies.

On 29 September 2016, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP and Wolters Kluwer co-hosted a seminar in London to mark the launch of the special BREXIT issue of the Kluwer Journal of International Arbitration.

As we wait for the UK to decide what arrangement it will seek with the European Union when it leaves, it may be useful to focus on what Brexit may mean for data protection. This WilmerHale Client Alert was republished in the Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law (Vol. 44, No. 10).

While we wait for the UK to clarify what sort of relationship it will be seeking with the EU after Brexit, it may be useful to highlight what appear to be the main consequences for the enforcement of competition law.

The UK has voted to leave the European Union. This will not affect the UK's position as one of the most important IP jurisdictions in Europe. However, leaving the European Union will have an impact on substantive IP law in the UK.

Resources

Seminar to mark the publication of the special Brexit issue of the Journal of International Arbitration.
Video recorded from a hosted discussion with the authors of the Special Issue. View the sessions

In every area of practice, WilmerHale brings the insight, dedication to excellence, and commitment to client service needed for our clients to achieve their business objectives. Our five-department structure and team approach to service enable us to provide the highest level of responsiveness and access to lawyers with the most appropriate experience.